KID PICS - NOT SO CREATIVE

It's Kid Pics Carnival time! Go here to find out how to participate!

The whole point of the Kid Pics Carnival is to showcase the creativity of children when a camera is put into their hands. Kids, even toddlers like mine, are able to come up with some suprisingly well-framed and beautiful photos. Unfortunately, this week my kids were not feeling very creative. Behold ...


Hopefully, your kids were more creative this week.

KID PICS - THEMED PICS

Kid Pics Carnival time! Upload all those great pics your kids took using your camera phone, and your (or their) cameras. Let's see artistry from a kid's point of view! Find out how to be a part of the Kid Pics Carnival here.

My girls seemed to have a theme going this week with their photography. Cakes has taken too many floor shots to count. Here are some examples of her handiwork (including a great shot of Bean taken from the breakfast bar):

Bean has opted to focus on Grampy and Grammy's three dogs. Here they are, in all their glory (a special thanks to some very patient dogs):

KID PICS

And it is time for our second Kid Pics Carnival! *fanfare playing* Go here to learn how to participate. And thanks to last week's contributors. Let's keep those kids' creative juices flowing. Here are the products of my toddlers' Fisher Price camera this week. We'll begin with Cakes, who took some lovely photos of the view through our storm door (that wheelbarrow is where we set off fireworks on July 4; we'll get around to putting that away ...), and also a pic of the toys that she and her sister picked up in the evening before bed.

Bean captured Cakes trying to climb onto the sofa from behind (that large, furry thing is the tail of a deer pelt, which was hunted and eaten by my warrior cousin, Timmy, and then donated to my husband, whose one and only hunting excursion resulted in bringing home some fresh deer roadkill - remind me to tell you that story), and also got a great action shot of Grampy, who is very excited to be spending time with his grandbabies.

TODDLER PHOTOGRAPHERS

Toddler Photographers are back. Today, we have photos by Bean and Cakes. First, Bean's photos. The first picture is of her doll, Babka (Bean named her herself). The second picture is a close-up of Cakes, and the third is a shot of Big Daddy and his twin sister, Aunt Tracy.

Next, photos by Cakes. As you can see, her favorite subject that day was her big sister.

There was a good response to last week's Toddler Photographers, sooooo ... Next week, I'm going to start a Toddler Photographer Carnival. Put cameras in the hands of your kids, and see what they come up with! I'll have a Mr. Linky on the blog next Friday night.

TODDLER PHOTOGRAPHERS

Bean has one of those Fisher Price cameras. Her grandparents got it for her for Christmas last year. Before she got her camera, she pretended that everything she could get her hands on was a camera. She would pick up, say, a toy car, hold it to her eye, yell "cheese", and then make a clicking sound.

Anyway, I've been thinking for some time that I should start a blog segment that features her photography. She's got a pretty good eye for a 3-year-old. So, I will attempt to make Saturdays "Toddler Photographer" days. If any of you out there also have kiddie photographers, let me know. If there are enough of you, maybe this could turn into a blog carnival.

But, I digress. Here are some of Bean's more artistic shots: